The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-14
Weekly Market Review.
VERMONT PRODUCE.

MONTPELIER. butter market is firm
for best grades. We quote selections at Is to |
20c good diaries at 16 to 1Sc, fair to good at IL
to 15c per lb cheese, new, 10 to lie per Id;
eggs 16c per dozen; potatoes new, 60c per |
bushel: beef, 8 to &c per lb pork, &c |
per lb; lamb, 4 to DC per Id; unwashed wool
Is to 2lc per Id; washed WOOL % to 26c per
ID, with market dull.
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK.
CArTLE.-The receipts were 1895 head.
The movement was steady. Northern
dressed were firm at to 62c per Id. No
fancy lots Offering
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
10, $50 head. The market was less active at
q to 49c for sheep and to &c for lambs.
SwINE.-The receipts were 26,074 head.
| Quotations were well sustained, Northern
dressed selling at 81 to &c and Western
live at % to &c per pound.
VEALs.-Receipts, 666 head. The market
was firm prices ranging at p to &c per 10.
PoULTRY.-The supply of live poultry
was one and one-half tons. Mixed lots sold
at 10 to lie per pound
HIDES, TALLow, ETc.-We quote Brighton
hides at 81 to &c and country lots at to 64c
per Id; calf-skins, &c per Id; sheared pelts,
| 75c to 81 each; lamb skins, 30 to 75c each;
dairy skins, IL to 25c each; Brighton tai
! low, % to Sc and country lots at II to &c
! per pound.
BOSTON COUNTRY PRODUCE.
EGGs-There has been a steady demand
for choice fresh stock. Vermont and New
| York sell at 49, to 20c and choice Western at
15I to 16c per dozen.
PoTAToEs.-The market is steady. Re-
ceipts have been moderate and the demand
good. Stock of good quality is selling well
at full quotations. Early Rose and He
brons sell at 20 to soc per bushel.
CHEEsE.--The demand continues very
moderate. There has been a little more
call for fine Northern stock. Extra YER
mont sells at IL to 115c, good to choice at 10
to lie, common at I to &c and extra sage at
10 to lie per pound.
HAY AND STRAw.-The market is firm for
fancy old hay, but ordinary grades are dull
and weak. We quote choice prime hay
at $500 to $3.50, fair to good at $1,000
to $3.50 and poor at S1100 to S14.00. Rye
straw sells at $500 to $3.50 and oat at
500 to $50 per ton.
BEANs.-Receipts continue moderate and
all choice stock is meeting with a ready
sale. Pea and medium beans are wanted.
But few Yellow Eyes are offering. Choice
hand picked Pea sell at S2.15 to $40,
Yellow Eyes at S215 to S2.25, do screened
at $3.50 to $500 and Red Kidneys at $50
to S1.Sj per bushel
BUTrER.-Prices have been ruling about
rs last quoted, but at the close there is
little frmer feeling. Extra Northern cream
ally held higher. Fine fresh-made North
ern dairy lots are in moderate supply and
good demand and fair to good lots in mod
crate demand. All grades below 2Oc continue
in light supply. We quote extra Northern
creamery at "a to 25c extra Western cream
cry at % to 24c, choice do at Is to zoe, the
finest Franklin county dairy at II to 22c,
good'to choice do at Is to 20c, choice North
ern dairy at Is to 20c and fair to good do
at IL to lSc per pound.
BOSTON FLOUR AND GRAIN.
FLoUR.-The market has a much firmer
tone and the disposition to advance prices
is very evident. Some agents have already
made an advance, but the general market
has not followed. The trade, however,
shows a fair disposition to take hold and
the general situation appears more encour-
aging. Fine -four sells at $40 to S2.65,
superfine at $3.50 to S3.75, common
extras at $500 to $40, Michigan roller at
S4.35 to $40 and spring wheat patents at
$40 to $3.50 per barrel.
GRAIN.-Receipts of corn are light and the
demand moderate. Oats are in liberal supply
and steady. Corn sells at 50 to SIC and
oats at 80 to 4Oc per bushel, as to quail
ity. Winter wheat bran brings $3.50 to
$40 90 spring wheat bran $500 to $3.50,
mddlings $500 to S210 and cotton-seed
meal $3.50 to S23.75 per ton.
THE WOOL MARKET.
The market is practically unchanged.
, Some holders are OF the OPINION tllat as
soon as the wool which is being sold on
commission and which the holders cannot
afford to keep, is out of the market prices
will be firmer. Ohio XX sells at - to 33c,
Ohio at 81 to Sc Michigan No. at 80 to 36c,
, Maine supers at ~ to 45c and extra West
+ ern supers at 30 to 33c per pound.
, THE LUMBER TRADE
, THE recent fair weather caused large ar
, rivals by vessels, but the cargoes We're read
: idlv disposel of. The demand for Eastern
lumber is about the same as last week, but
+ the prices show a little easiness, owing to
, free arrivals and the fact that the end of
the season is approaching. The Eastern
mills are all doing good business at pres.
I ent The Northern mills are all busy and
are generally supplied with about sufficient
orders to use up their stock. Spruce boards
are in good call Hemlock boards are quiet
Clapboards and shingles are in good move
ment. Laths are doing fairly. Dimension
! lumber is in good demand Rough hemocb
! boards sell at $1,000 to 5000 and planned dc
at $3.50; the best clear spruce floor boards
at $3.50 to $1,000, coarse at $500 and
refuse at $500 to $500; one-inch box
, boards at $1,000 and seven-eighths do al
Sl1.00; Eastern sawed cedar shingles al
$40 to S3.62l, clear do at $500 to S3.12s, the
4 best shaved shingles at S5.25, other grades
g at 1926 to S4.75 and No. 1 spruce at S1.25 to
I $1.50; extra four-foot spruce clapboards a.
= $500 to 500, do clear at S26 to S27 90 and
e other grades at SO to S21.00; pine and spruc,
n aths at $500 to 1926 and spruce under
: floors at 5000 to $500.